Improvement in tags or labels for express companies



UNITED STATES PATENT E. A. LOOKE AND L. HEUSER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAGS 0R LABELS FOR EXPRESS COMPANIES, de.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,879, dated June 26, 1866.4

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD A. LocKE and LoUIs HEUsEE, both of Boston, in the county of Suolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tags or Labels for'use by EX- pressinen and Others 5 and we do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part ot' this specification, is a description of our invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practice it.

This invention relates to the manner of combining a paper or textile tag which can be marked by writing thereupon with a metallic lag protective of the same and with a metallic band by which the tags are secured to the goods.

Referring to the drawings for a description of our invention, Figure l shows, in plan, a device embodying it. Fig. 2 shows it in side elevation, both figures exhibiting the device as it is supplied to consumers ready for use and Fig. 3 shows the device in the condition in which it is secured to the goods or package. labeled, the object of the invention being the production of a label which in itself, and in its connection with the goods identified thereby, is capable of resisting all accidental causes of removal, though yielding to properlydirected efforts for that purpose.

a is a metallic tag, and b a tag of paper, pasteboard, or textile or other fabric which can be marked or written upon with pencil or ink, both being of substantially the same size, tag a being folded, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l, over and with the tag Z1, securing them both together and aifording, by the folds of a, the re-enforcernent of material to secure the strength needed around the slot for the band c to prevent tearing of the material.

The material ofthe tag a and band o is thin sheet metal, preferably brass, which, while yielding and pliable, is tough and strong, and permits embossment of the tag with characters and figures not easily defaceable.

Theband c, of any suitable length, is punched with holes throughout. One end of the band being passed through the slot, an eyelet, d, is inserted in the second hole from the end, which is then bent so as to bring the two parts of the band together, with the first and fourth holes opposite each other, and a second eyelet, o, being inserted therein, is set or clinched, securing eyelet d in its place, with its head or flange between the two surfaces of the band adjacent to each other, and with the body of the eyelet projecting, as shown. The second and third holes are punched so as to come opposite each other when eyelet c is secured in the first and fourth holes.

To attach the tag to a trunk-handle or other package the band c is passed through the trunkhandle or under a strap or otherwise, and is then bent so that the eyelet dI can be slipped into any one of the remaining holes, according as it is desired to have the loop made by thel band long or short. The extreme end of the band is slipped through the slot in the tag, and the eyelet ol is clinched by any suitable eyelet-set.

The free end of the band being slipped through the slot of the tag, as seen in Fig. 3, cannot be caught so as to bring a strain upon the eyelet d, and the tag thus affixed, it will be obvious, cannot be easily torn or knocked olf, as it will turn, twist, and yield in all directions, but will not break, requiring the use of a cutting instrument properly applied for its removal.

If the face of the tag b adjacent to the face of ais written upon the inscription will not be easily eaced by the friction of accidental circumstances, the metal protecting the weaker part of the tag.

We claim- 1. The combination of the two parts of the tag a and b, when united by the folding of the end of a over and with b, and perforated through the re-enforcement of the folds for reception of the band.

2. In combination with a tag and band, a projecting unclinched eyelet secured to the band by the confinement of its head or flange between the adjacent surfaces ofthe parts eyeleted together to secure the tag to the band, the eyelet being thus held in position for application and securement of the opposite end of the band, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD A. LOGKE. LOUIS HEUSER. Witnesses:

J. B. CROSBY, S. B. KIDDER. 

